Their lovely, light-filled home includes an art studio where Namgay spends his days painting, blending traditional Buddhist iconography with modern influences — like the space rockets he is ...

Two hulking statues, one embodying compassion and the other wisdom, stand in niches on side walls, attended by garishly colored sculptures depicting flying goddesses and minor deities. Each ...

After Buddha’s death, his followers interpreted his teachings differently, leading to doctrinal divisions and the emergence of distinct Buddhist sects later on as Theravada, Mahāyāna and Vajrayana. 1.

The gods appear to people routinely ... figure and is often in fact presented in iconography with the characteristics of Jupiter and Zeus. Then one would have also encountered in the Egyptian ...

The Tiger's Nest monastery in Paro, Bhutan. - Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images ...